Congressional Transparency Caucus: How Open Data Creates Jobs

"On March 24th, the Congressional Transparency Caucus hosted a briefing on the need for increased government transparency, which can be achieved by more governments adopting open data. Open government data fuels economic growth and job creation. The Congressional Transparency Caucus brought together open data experts to discuss this topic, including:  Hudson Hollister, Executive Director, Data Transparency Coalition (Moderator) Joel Gurin, Senior Advisor, NYU GovLab, and author of Open Data Now Chad Sandstedt, Founder, TagniFi Kevin Davis, Business Category Director, FindTheBest Marcus Louie, Evangelist, Socrata Representatives Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Mike Quigley co-chair the House’s Transparency Caucus and presented opening remarks. Marcus Louie, panelist and Socrata team member, shares his impressions of the event ..."